The Southern California Society of Gastroenterology (SCSG) invites you to register for the hybrid
2023 SCSG GI Symposium, offered online and in-person at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, CA.
This activity is jointly provided by Medical Education Resources (MER) and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology (SCSG).
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Supported by educational grants from Salix Pharmaceuticals,
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., and Olympus.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners involved in the care of patients with gastrointestinal disorders.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The goal of this program is to provide important clinical and scientific data on the management of gastrointestinal disorders.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this symposium, participants should be better able to:
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Describe new data as it pertains to the implications and options for patients as it pertains to their continued care
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Apply updated guidelines for care for chronic liver and GI related diseases
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Discuss future directions of therapeutics, diagnostics, and technology in the management of GI and liver diseases
FACULTY
GI Symposium Co-Chairs
Gareth Dulai, MD, MSHS
SCPMG Downey Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Ke-Qin Hu, MD
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
LA LIVE! Course Directors
V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, MAS
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Santa Monica, CA
Thomas Savides, MD
UC San Diego Health
La Jolla, CA
Kenneth Chang, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine
Orange, CA
Simon K. Lo, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
CE Nurse Course Chair
Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH,
FACP, FACG, FAASLD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Tammy Harper, NP-C
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Faculty
Jasmohan Bajaj, MD, MS,
FACG, AGAF
Virginia Commonwealth University
McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, VA
Brooks D. Cash, MD,
AGAF, FACG, FASGE
UT Health Science Center at Houston
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, TX
Amar R. Deshpande, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Elisabeth Evans, MSN, FNP-BC
UC San Diego IBD Center (Former)
La Jolla, CA
Steven-Huy Han, MD
David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Folasade (Fola) May, MD, PhD, MPhil
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Marianne Fahmy, MD
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, CA
Danny Issa, MD
David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Phan, MD
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Norman Gitlin, MD
Southern California Liver Center
San Clemente, CA
David Kunkel, MD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Sammy Saab, MD, MPH
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Samir Gupta, MD, MSCS
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Vai Jun (VJ) Lam, MS, RD, CNSC
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Samantha Ramirez, DNP, FNP-BC
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Ara Sahakian, MD
Keck Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Thomas Savides, MD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
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Alireza Sedarat, MD
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, CA
Vanessa M. Shami, MD
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, VA
Andrea Shin, MD, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Siddharth Singh, MD
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Adarsh Thaker, MD
UCLA Health
Los Angeles, CA
CONFERENCE AGENDA
GI Symposium General Session: June 17-18
The GI Symposium general session will place primary emphasis on GI conditions and will deliver updates in GI from DDW, comprehensive education on inflammatory bowel disease, functional GI, endoscopy related topics and upper GI disorders, as these fields are rapidly evolving and new data are continuously presented and published.
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LA LIVE!: June 16
The LA LIVE! symposium is designed to improve endoscopy practice through live case presentations from leading centers in Southern California, hands-on demonstrations and interactive educational lectures delivered by leading experts. It will be held on June 16, 2023 from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm as a hybrid meeting, offered both virtually and in-person at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, CA.
Registration for this optional program is available to you when you register for the main course.
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CE Nurse Course: June 17
This half-day session is dedicated exclusively to nursing professionals who are involved in the management of GI disorders. The year's course will highlight the most recent advances in the management of GI diseases as presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting. In addition, the course will provide attendees in-person access to the 1.5 day physician focused symposium.
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Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and the Southern California Society of Gastroenterology (SCSG). MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
Medical Education Resources ensures balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all our educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies relevant financial relationships with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Reported relevant financial relationships are mitigated by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a CE activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. MER is committed to providing learners with high-quality CE activities that promote improvements or quality in health care and not the business interest of an ineligible company.
FEES
Type | SCSG Member | Non-Member |
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Fellow | $0 | $0 |
APP/Allied HCP | $210 | $275 |
Physician | $330 | $440 |
Industry | $500 | |
Guest | $150 |